Big news and changes await the world of Dungeons & Dragons! A few days ago, Wizards of the Coast – the makers of D&D, often shortened to WotC – offered a preview of their upcoming virtual tabletop platform, an enormously ambitious project that is meant to offer an (almost) brand new way to experience the […]
Midnight Tower
Midnight Tower consists of Tove and Erik, who have been players and DMs of roleplaying games for more than 25 years. At present, Midnight Tower has released several D&D adventures, six printed books, and run eight successful Kickstarter campaigns.
They live in Oxford and have two rebellious daughters, and a small menagerie of disobedient pets.
Tove does most of the writing and artwork for Midnight Tower. She often DMs, and her main character is a bard called Nell Desmodena-Murkborne who grew up at court. As a child, Nell also spent every summer in Feywild with her grandmother – a powerful hag – which has influenced her person more than a little.
In real life, Tove enjoys writing, drawing, reading thick fantasy books, and playing Guild Wars 2 with a cat on her lap.
Erik edits and does much of the layout in Midnight Tower’s books. When playing D&D, his character is a warlock called Sylliban Sensommar, who loves theatre, good company, and spectacular hats. Sylliban also prefers not to spend his evenings fleeing monsters, although this seems to happen quite often.
In real life, Erik reads and writes strange fiction, dabbles in poetry, and is led around by a deaf but very happy semi-ancient springer spaniel.
You can visit their website here.
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The Best Homebrew Spells for Dungeons & Dragons
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How to make adventures for Dungeons & Dragons more intense
Adventures in D&D are naturally memorable escapades. A good session leaves the players with the sense that they’ve been on an actual (if imagined) journey filled with dangers and exhilaration. As a DM, one doesn’t have to add much more than a chest full of glittering loot and a few obstacles between the heroes and […]
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Stylish Two-Weapon Combinations for Dungeons & Dragons Characters
In Dungeons & Dragons, a character’s traditional objectives are to find valuables (and steal them), grow in power so that you can discover even nicer valuables, and keep your character alive so that they can brag about all their escapades when they get back home. As one can expect, there is usually a string of […]
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The Most Entertaining Subclasses in Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is all about playing a fantasy character who is faced by untold horrors and dangers, overcoming them all, and returning back home to your favourite inn with sacks brimming with lots of lovely loot. Your character will belong to one of the classic classes in D&D, such as the wizard or the […]
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Dungeons & Dragons Kickstarter Campaigns Roundup – March 2023
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How to create interesting and memorable NPCs in Dungeons & Dragons – Part 2
A non-player character (NPC) is a person in your adventure who isn’t a player, but is controlled by the Dungeon Master. In short, everyone that your players meet, from a quest-giver or local barmaid to the villain’s right hand and the evil lich is an NPC. NPCs form the backbone of your adventure and the […]
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How to create an interesting player character
Dungeons and Dragons is primarily a game about combat. Originally, it was designed to be a matter of a group of archetypal fantasy heroes with different abilities who, typically, entered a dungeon packed with traps and monsters, overcome all the challenges, and found some treasure at the end. However, among the many things that made […]
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Everything you need to know about worldbuilding – Part two
In the previous article “Everything you need to know about worldbuilding – Part one,” we talked about how to create your own fantasy or sci-fi setting for roleplaying games from scratch. We discussed how to begin planning your world, where to get inspiration, and advice regarding location and history. In this article, we will continue […]
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How to create interesting and memorable NPCs in Dungeons & Dragons
In many Dungeons & Dragons adventures, there are many characters other than those controlled by the players who can have a great impact on the success (or failure) of the heroes in completing their quest, and on the general impression of the adventure on the players. These characters are known as NPCs, which is short […]
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Everything you need to know about worldbuilding – Part one
Have you ever wanted to create your own fantasy roleplaying setting? Perhaps you have an amazing idea for a realm you can’t find in any of the popular module settings that you can purchase? Or maybe you just want to be able to create a world from scratch so that you can decide what it […]
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Casting confusion on the third-party market: The storm around the Dungeons & Dragons OGL
Over the past ten years, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) has grown from a relatively small hobby, whose following has been steady but varied in size, into a massive phenomenon with millions of active players around the world. Much of this success is attributed to that D&D has been featured prominently in the wildly popular TV […]
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Playing Dungeons & Dragons Online
When thinking about Dungeons & Dragons (or D&D for short), it’s easy to imagine a group seated around a table burgeoning with papers, books, dice, burning candles, and other atmospheric paraphernalia. The game was designed as a social activity for participants that all are gathered in the same room, which makes sense given the frequent […]
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How to write a D&D adventure from scratch!
If you are new to Dungeons and Dragons and perhaps have run a couple of purchased adventures, but would like to create your own – then this article is for you. If you are an old-school veteran who has been a Dungeon Master since the last millennia, read on anyway. This article is filled with […]
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Five DM tips on how to get your players to roleplay
In the previous articles, we have discussed how to create a great atmosphere for roleplaying and how to engage in immersive story telling. But how do you get your players to actually start roleplaying? Here are five tips that could help you along the way! 1. Talk to your players If you are running a […]
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Miniatures and Dungeons &Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (or D&D for short) is primarily a game of imagination. Most of the events in the game take place on the theatre stage of your mind and in the imaginary scenes that are created together with the Dungeon Master (DM) and the other players. Typically, the DM describes something – a vault, […]
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A Dungeons & Dragons gift guide
Yet another holiday season is upon us! This is a time when many of us are trying to think of creative gifts for our friends and family, and if they happen to be into Dungeons & Dragons (or D&D for short), that’s typically where our thoughts go first. Fortunately, many avid enthusiasts of D&D are […]
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Five DM tips to create an immersive adventure
What is immersive storytelling? Immersive storytelling is a way of describing a scene that feels so vivid it becomes real in the mind of the reader, viewer, or listener. As a Dungeon Master you want the players to be engaged as much as possible in your story. Here are five useful tricks and tips that […]
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The Role of the Dice
The dice are possibly the most central physical object in the hobby of Dungeons & Dragons (or D&D for short). While the Dungeon Master (or DM) is responsible for much of what happens in an adventure, many critical moments are decided by the fateful result of a dice roll. Hitting or missing with a desperate […]
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Five tips and tricks for preparing for your first D&D session
If you are brand new to Dungeons and Dragons or other types of roleplaying games and have agreed to be the DM* for the first time at your house, this article is for you! We’ll discuss how to create a suitable atmosphere using lightning and sound, why you should use a DM screen and which […]